The Influence of the European Union law on the Lithuanian copyright law

ENThe article analyses the main characteristic of the Lithuanian Copyright Law, the existing issues of the implementation of the directives of the European Union. The feature most characteristic of the copyright regulations in Lithuania throughout the entire history of the State and law is that Lithuanian : copyright has had no traditions of its own. Copyright regulations in Lithuania have been determined by the legislation of other states and, presently, in the times of the reinstated independence - by international agreements and EU legal acts. The paper focuses on the analysis on relevant provisions related to subject matter, copyright ownership, economic rights, limitations of economic rights and enforcement of copyright and neighbouring rights. The definition of "work" substantially corresponds to the description of works provided for in paragraph 1 of Art. 2 of the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works. Any work should be the result of personal creative activities for it to be eligible for copyright protection under the Lithuanian Copyright Law. All criteria for protection are in line with the fiirikiictional traditions of continental Europe. The national legislative provisions on the economic rights of authors and neighbouring rights have been influenced by the related provisions as embodied in international treaties and in the relevant EU Directives. The regulation of the limitation of copyright and related rights is based on two main principles: the rules of the "Three-Step-Test" and numetus clausus. The list of individual limitations ; of authors' economic rights and related rights is oriented towards the provisions of the Berne Convention and the Directive on the Information Society.The legal remedies and measures set forth in the Copyright Law could be classified as legal remedies ordered by the court when passing a decision on the merits; copyright protection measures possible in the course of judicial proceedings before any decision on the merits is passed; and procedural measures. The first gaup covers: injunctions, corrective measures, alternative measures and the publication of judicial decisions, whereas the Second group covers all possible ways ing for damages. The Law also provides for the right of access to information, which as copyright protection measure is applied in the course of judicial proceedings and facilitates the application of other measures and remedies.